Xiu'er Says: Don't Be So Rigid About Gender...

Of course, Chen Yue also knew that, given Liu Erlong's personality, she probably wouldn't need it... At this moment, Chen Yue had no idea that Liu Erlong and Flander's Martial Souls had changed, so he still believed that the Golden Iron Triangle—two men and one woman—would roam the world together much as they had in the original story.

Aside from Liu Erlong and Flander themselves, only Ghost Chrysanthemum Douluo and the others had learned of the changes to their Martial Souls while gathering intelligence. Naturally, the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan surely knew as well, though they did not know Flander's Martial Soul.

"Th-this, this, this..."

Xue Wu's face turned somewhat pale. She wanted to speak, but she did not dare, because although she had been forced, it seemed she had also been somewhat willing... It felt terribly shameful, so she changed her excuse. "M-Mentor, if I do this, it will definitely affect your reputation. I..."

"It doesn't matter!"

Chen Yue directly cut her off. "I'm eighty percent certain this will succeed. When the time comes, you'll definitely become someone everyone envies!"

To use an example from his previous life, it was like being able to turn a woman into an immortal just by sleeping with her—beauty that could topple nations, eternal youth, recovery from all illnesses, and a lifespan of a thousand years.

He believed not many people would refuse or disdain that. At most, they would sour-grape over what they could not have.

Of course, Chen Yue believed even more firmly that there would definitely be some Xiu'ers who said, don't be so rigid about gender...

In this fantasy-world sewer where humanity had not yet been entirely lost, Chen Yue felt it would still work.

"Th-this, this, this..."

Xue Wu's expression changed again and again.

Chen Yue did not urge her, but the impatience on his face grew more and more obvious, placing enormous psychological pressure on Xue Wu.

In the end.

She still made her decision!

She obediently rose to her feet and served him tea. "Master above, your student offers you this..."

Clearly!

She had decided to conceal the matter and choose to become his disciple.

"Very good!"

The expression on Chen Yue's face eased. He was not particularly surprised either. After all, to Xue Wu, it might have merely been akin to being forced once... At most, his peerless, nation-toppling appearance had left a rather deep impression on her.

"Now, let's begin with the first step of the theory..."

Most of Chen Yue's theory was really just a modern person's understanding of physical fitness, combined with ideas from various novels. Any one of them could have come up with this theory if they had traveled back in time.

Unfortunately.

A theory without results was not recognized.

At such times, you needed a System that could put it into practice and produce results for you!

"The years a Martial Soul can absorb are not fixed. They depend on the body's tolerance and limits."

"Take an example: someone who can only run one kilometer without using Soul Power naturally cannot compare in stamina and endurance to someone who can run ten kilometers without using Soul Power."

"Of course, that does not mean the former must absorb a lower-level soul ring than the latter."

"That is only one aspect—physical stamina. Another is tolerance."

At this point, Chen Yue paused. "Oh, right. Do you have any gold soul coins?"

It was rather embarrassing to say it. He was the dignified Guard Captain of Spirit Hall and possessed an honorary elder token, yet he could not even produce a single gold soul coin—not even one copper soul coin...

"Uh..."

Xue Wu froze. Instinctively, she was about to reach into her storage pouch. She could not help it; her appetite had greatly increased recently, forcing her to use the gold soul coins Ghost Douluo had given her. Of course, she had only taken a few, and had used only one over the past few days, so she still had plenty left.

But her hand suddenly stopped halfway. Only then did she remember that if she took them out, she would have no way to explain them...